Germany, Wehrmacht. A Clasp To The Iron Cross 1939, I Class, Type Ii GTRexclude Erich Illas Mun

Erich Illas Mun

Service Abroad and Home Service) and be discharged as Medically Unfit for further Military Service"

along with J/35241 Pilot Officer (Navigator) John William Butcher

two Bars to the M

the Japanese South Seas Detachment under Major General Tomitarō Horii clashed with under-strength Australian forces from the Papuan Infantry Battalion and the Australian 39th Battalion on July 23rd at Awala

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Clasp To The Iron Cross 1939, I Class, Type Ii GTRexclude Erich Illas Mun(Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a detailed Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 32 mm (w) x 30. 80 mm (h), weighing 9. 8 grams, with some loss of finish evident, in overall near extremely fine